29 May 2022

Toby Laing's Bio Electricity taps into the music of the spheres

From Standing Room Only, 1:31 pm on 29 May 2022
Toby Laing

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"Conjuring sound patterns that began eons ago and will continue into eternity" is what's being generated for a new music project called Bio Electricity 

Co-founder of Fat Freddy's Drop, Toby Laing is collaborating with composer Riki Gooch and music producer Parks for the show.

It'll premiere at the upcoming Loemis Festival in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, in a giant glasshouse and under a super full moon.

Toby plays a couple of excerpts of the piece, and explains to Lynn Freeman the concept, the gear and the three creators' mutual fascination with electricity.

Bio Electricity premieres on the 14th of June at Wellington's Begonia House as part of the Loemis Festival.